Is Heartworm Medicine for Dogs Necessary?

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[shirleyvargas]

I had a dog I rescued and kept from California, can’t get any more western than that, and he had had heart worm. This was years ago and he has long since passed away from old age, but just remembering him, he was a good loyal dog. Houdini ❤️

[enna]

Ty doctor. You simply are the most generous kind helpful vet out there I’ve ever known!

[chinookvalley]

We did not used to have heartworm here in Colorado. But with the weather changing and getting warmer each year, it is getting more humid as well, add to that the influx of people moving here from warmer climes bringing infected dogs with heartworm, it is beginning to be more common to see our dogs get heartworm. Thnx Dr Jones.

[dianasimplifies]

TN is high incidence state PLEASE give your dog heartworm meds it’s so much cheaper and safer than treating them once they actually have heartworms. I have had to treat one stray and one rescue, it’s very expensive and NO JOKE. 😢😢😢

[LDPink]

People here are saying the treatment is deadly, and I know it is intense, although my son who worked at a vet for 10 years in Michigan where it is one of the highest heart worm numbers, never saw a heart worm treatment fail. Unfortunately our 1 yr 8 month old pup got heart worm in 2022, after he had a negative test in May, gave him just one month of HeartGuard (ivermectin), but decided not to continue since we live primarily in Colorado. We traveled to Michigan and through the Midwest, so we don’t know where he was infected. I am extremely holistic when treating anything but use pharmaceutical meds when needed. This is a real eye opener especially since he had a life threatening anaphylactic shock out of the blue before we knew he had heart worm, luckily the vet hospital saved his life. I had them test for tick born diseases since ticks were horrible and the 4D test showed the heart worm but no tick born diseases.

He’s now 5 weeks into the 91 day treatment. Doxycycline & Prednisone (finished), with the Ivermectin, then they get the anti-parasite injection day 60, 90, and 91, along with the Ivermectin monthly. Hopefully he’s seen the worst of it during the anaphylactic shock. 🙏🏻❤️‍🩹

[stephanied]

We do live in the high risk area. Kentucky.

[rebeccatexaschick]

South east Texas. Long warm seasons here. Gotta do heartworm prevention almost year round.

[jterry]

For many years we had our dog on heartworm medication. My daughter's oldest dog got heartworms & she did the treatment with no help. She tried a natural treatment & the dog did better, but still tested positive for the worms. She saw where people were using brewers yeast for prevention & decided to give it to all 4 of her dogs & stop the rx preventative. The next yearly checkup, all her dogs tested negative & have every year since. Our dog had been off heartworm meds for over a year & still tested negative, but had gotten a three year rabies shot. In less than a year she started getting lypomas all over her. So we stopped all vaccines, & flea & tick meds. We put her on brewers yeast & that has been over 3 years & she continues to test negative for heartworms & has had no worms or fleas. We got a few ticks off her, but that is all. We live in Tennessee & there are so many mosquitoes that you just can't be outside unless you use something to repel those varmints. Our son's dog got heartworms about 15 years ago. The treatment didn't help. That dog always had a cough & died early. Wish we had known about the brewers yeast back then.

And our whole extended family uses diatomaceous earth to worm our cats. It works great & our animals are very healthy.

Our family also uses silver biotics with all our animals for any wound or respiratory issue. Love that product.

I am about to start using your protocol to work on our dog's lypomas to see if that will help. Other things I have tried have not helped. But I did find that a little extra Virginia olive oil given to our cats & dog has really filled in their thinning spots and made their fur so soft & shiny with less shedding & itching! It also has made our dog's eyes brighter. Amazing stuff! No more vet visits for our animals unless there is an emergency or something I can't handle.

I started your ultimate canine & feline formulas on all our animals about a week ago. Already they have more energy! Thank you for this product. Maybe they can now lose some weight!

[donnastormer]

I live in a heartworm hotspot in the south. I have my dog on a heartworm preventative medicine, but I only give it to them every 2 1/2 months because I did the research and realized I could get away with that. My vet did not appreciate that but for the last three years, my dog has been heartworm, free and amazingly parasite free and I feel better that my dog is not overmedicated.

[hannahc]

I just moved to texas from california, And it's very hot in tons of mosquitoes.. I want to get my dog the healthiest heartworm protection. I give him lots of pumpkin seeds but what would you say is the best heart worm protection medicine out there?

[rebeccaleewooten]

My rescue had heart worms went through the entire treatment ended up heart worm free then was on the 12 month preventative took him in at 3 mo the he was negative took him in yesterday he is positive. I am devastated!!

[hbg]

Love you so very much, thank you for being here with us during these challenging times God Bless you 🌷🌷🌷

[rachelrogstad]

I live in Minnesota. My first rescue from Georgia had heartworm. And my 2nd rescue, (not sure where he came from) now has heartworm... Consider testing twice a year the first year you adopt a rescue! And of course give preventative the first year at least

[TheSpike]

Pit Bull owner here in Orlando/Orange County, Florida. Fun fact: this area was known as Mosquito County before Disney took over the joint, lol. They are absolutely a problem here, but preventable. Basically, Arsenic poisoning in controlled doses with restricted activity is the treatment if it does happen; you can't tell how many times a dog has bites, but if I go without my Cutter Spray, it's awful.

[reb]

Thank you. When we moved to the sierras two different clinics recommended heartworm medication for our dogs. I called my old vet on the coast and asked his opinion. He said no. He also told me to ask the clinics how many dogs they had treated for heartworm and both said none. So why do you recommend? Protocol… I think $$$$

[angellavalence]

I had a boxer who passed away last year to cancer. Our vet giving him the one a year shot to prevent heart worms. I don’t know if this caused his cancer or not. I know anything is possible and the boxer breed is highly prone to cancer. So my question to you is…. I have a pug and a Labradoodle. Which is the safest heart worm prevention for my dogs? We are in South Louisiana so they absolutely have to be on a preventative.

[azraprinceza]

What heartworm prevention do you recommend? For dog and cats? Please answer. Definitely curious. There is so much out there! We live in Georgia and it’s very hot!

[kathleenkendalljacksgrandm]

Need advice on safe heart worm pills. What brand? Live in Texas, really need them

[jpdoc]

what would you recommend for heartworm with Flea& tick prevention?

[melodyst.claire]

Thank you for eaten my mind on this pill
I read the side effects on these pills and I just couldn't take that risk for my mini schnauzer....
Even tho I got a - 6 month supply
I'm just following my heart ❤🙏💐I really appreciate your guidance !
The black tea for eye infections worked better than a 50.00 dollar eye cream plus a 35 doller office visit
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